Research Blog : Online resources, foreign languagehttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/Online+resources/foreign+language/default.aspxTags: Online resources, foreign languageenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)New Database Brings the World to your Desktophttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/01/21/new-database-brings-the-world-to-your-desktop.aspxWed, 21 Jan 2009 22:26:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1173Bufkinite@evpl1http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1173http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/01/21/new-database-brings-the-world-to-your-desktop.aspx#comments<p><img style="float:left;" height="200" alt="Global Road Warrior banner ad" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3215229919_8e4bb0831d.jpg" width="350" />A new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.evpl.org/research/databases/">database</a> called Global Road Warrior brings you comprehensive information on 175 countries around the world.&nbsp; And when I say &quot;comprehensive&quot; that is exactly what I mean.&nbsp; There is information in over 100 specific areas for each country listed.</p>
<p>There&nbsp;is basic information&nbsp;like geography (including flags and maps for each country), govenment, and climate; information about the society and culture, like standard greetings and courtesies, food peculiar to the&nbsp;area&nbsp;(including recipes), holidays, religions, and sports; information about how business is conducted, with special attention given to women in business; information about the currency used there, including a currency converter; and infrastructure information including electricity, telephones, Internet connectivity and ISPs, telegram, fax, and postal services.</p>
<p>In addition, there is a &quot;security briefing&quot; for every country taken directly from the CIA&#39;s World Factbook, health and medical information, and contact information - addresses, email, and telephone numbers - for all foreign embassies and consulates within each country.</p>
<p>Below left is a screen shot of the home page for Mongolia. &nbsp;The menu on the left is standard for each country, and includes the information outlined above and much more. &nbsp;Below right is a close-up of the standard menu, with an example of the sub-menu choices for &quot;Society and Culture,&quot; to give you an idea of the richness of this resource.</p>
<p>Teachers will especially enjoy global road warrior! &nbsp;The maps listed for each country include a simple outline map as well as an outline map that includes outlines of states &amp; provinces. &nbsp;There is also a list of &quot;essential terms&quot; for each country: how to say &quot;hello,&quot; &quot;goodbye,&quot; &quot;yes,&quot; &quot;no,&quot; and the other essential words and phrases you&#39;ll need to get around.</p>
<p>The search interface is very easy to use, and allows you to search within a particular country, or search for a particular term across all countries. &nbsp;Try it today and see what you think about EVPL&#39;s newest database offering.<br /><img height="443" width="500" alt="Screen shot of Global Road Warrior&#39;s home page." src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3215589547_9a6338e405.jpg" style="float:left;" /><img height="500" width="230" alt="Menu with sub-menus from Global Road Warrior" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3216441684_8f7248699d.jpg" style="float:right;" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1173" width="1" height="1">businesseducationdatabasesgovernmentOnline resourcesmapssecuritymoneyforeign languagecultureGlobal Road Warriorgeography